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PACKING BOX Filed Nov. 18, 1927 dam ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 21, 1928'.

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MAURICE SPITZER, or nEw' Yo'ax, N. Y;

PACKING BOX.

Application filed November 18, 1927. Serial'No. 234,064.

' mussed in transportation. The dresses are usually packed in flat cardboard boxes of a size to hold a number of dresses and of a length considerably less than that of a dress. The dresses are folded lengthwiseand placed in the box one on top of another. Attempts have been made to prevent mussing of the dresses by tying them down after packing, but these have proved ineffect ve. More success has beenobtained byfolding each dress over a stiff piece of cardboard, but this plan is not entirely effective,- and cuts down the capacity ofthe box and has other disadvantages.

In accordance with the present invention, the dresses are held securely in position by a plurality of slidably mounted removable rods over which they are folded. In order that the invention may clearly be understood, I will describe in detail a specific em- Y bodiment of it which is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a box embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the box after the dresses or other garments have been packed in it and the cover has been applied,

the thickness of the dresses being materially exaggerated for the purpose of illustration;

and v Fig. 3 isa perspective view of one corner of the box illustrating the position of the rods and rod-holder after the dresses have been packed, but omitting the dresses themselves. I

The box 10 shown in the drawings maybe made of cardboard like the packing boxes heretofore used for ladies dresses or of other suitable material. In accordance with the invention, thisbox is provided with two pairs of open slideways 11, 12 which are secured to the side walls of the box at a short distance from each end wall thereof. The slideways 11, 12 may consist merely of grooved strips of. wood or other suitable material which may be glued or otherwise secured to the pasteboard wallsof the box.

A plurality of rods 13 are provided for each pa rof slideways. The rods are of such length that their ends may be inserted in a 1 pair of the slideways from above. This leaves each rod free to move vertically, but prevents it from moving lengthwise of the box. The rods ma. be of any suitable material and of any desired cross-section. I consider round rods, such as Wooden dowel sticks, most suitable. In packing the box, the first dress, or other garment, is laid out flat on the bottom of the box and extending over one end of the box. One of therods 13 'is'then placed in the pair of slideways near that end of the box, and the extending portion of the dress is folded over this rod. The rod thus premanner, except that it overhangs the other end of the box and is folded over a rod placed in the other pair of slideways. The

box may thus be filled completely with;

dresses, each of which has its. fold heldagainst movement so that it can not become massed. When the box has been completely filled, the rods as well as the dresses may be held in position by placing a cover on the box and tying or otherwise securing it in position.

.In order to hold the dresses in position when the box is not completely filled, or when the coveris not tied on, resilient means are most desirably provided to urge the uppermost rod in each pair of slideways downward. In the form shown, such means consist of elastic bands 14 secured to the lower ends of the slideways '11, 12, and each provided with a hook 15 which may be placed overthe upper rod as shown in Fig. 3. In drawing down the upper rods in each pairof slideways, the elastic bands l i'efi'ectively hold down allthe rods and the dresses which are folded over them.

What I claim is: 1. A packing box for garments havingga pair of open slideways on its sides near each of its en s,

and a plurality of rods adapted to be inserted in each pair of slideways from over a rod as the box is packed, and resilient their upper ends so that each dress may he means for urging the upper rod in each pair 10 folded over a rod as the box is packed. of slideways downward to hold the dresses 2. A packing box for garments having a firmly in position even when the box is no.

5 pair of open slideways on its sides near each filled to its capacity.

of its ends, a plurality of rods adapted to be In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set inserted in each pair of slideways from their my hand. upper ends so that each dress may be folded MAURICE SPITZER. 

